Appealing a court ruling you don't like is "interfering with a nation's" democracy? Is your view of democracy that it should not allow legal challenges?

It's not a court ruling, it's a regulatory order.

Here's some detail Apple didn't include: https://www.theverge.com/2022/3/28/22999998/apple-bigger-fin...

And no, not all oversight should be appealable. That's how it became nearly impossible to permanently fire bad police officers.

Not to mention: choice.

Most of my friends here in the Netherlands don’t have a credit card. Instead they have Maestro (a debit card — aka Pin — with a bank account number on it instead of a credit card number). If you want to sell things online in the Netherlands, iDeal (a payment system) or go home.

For context, because I see confused replies - Maestro (MC) and VPay (Visa) are subsidiaries setup to provide EU-mandated low transaction fees. You can always get an actual credit card, though you’d be hard-pressed to find an offline store that accepts it - usually only e-commerce.

And you’re ok with that? An entire nation, single way of paying?

Ist that similar to the US? You basically only have credit cards there. Even debit cards run on the same network these days.

Some countries are small. The Netherlands has a population of 17 million. About the size of Michigan and Arizona combined.

It’s size and population is really similar to the city of L.A. and outskirts IIrC.

Interfering by...having an opinion and following the law even though they don't like it? That's a bizarre standard for interference. I guess the ideal democracy is the DPRK, where 100% of people vote for and support the same Glorious Leader.

They knew perfectly well they weren't complying with the order the first time, they're wilfully wasting everyone's time and they deserve every fine they get for it.

They've gone from "I picked up one sock so technically I've now cleaned my room" level of compliance to "OK, OK, I picked up the other sock as well."

That's like literally why courts exist - to judge issues people as well as companies have with laws and executive orders based on these laws.